2U, Inc. today announced that John B. Ellis joined the company as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer on May 7, 2018. Ellis will oversee 2U's global accounting and financial reporting functions and will report directly to 2U’s Chief Financial Officer Cathy Graham.

2U is partnering with USC Price to deliver an updated online Master of Public Administration (MPA). USC Price’s existing online MPA will be transitioned to the 2U-powered online Master of Public Administration degree, which will begin in fall 2019.

2U announced a partnership with Baylor University to deliverthree online graduate degree programs: Education@Baylor, an online Doctor of Education (EdD) in Learning and Organizational Change; MPH@Baylor, an online Master of Public Health (MPH) with a specialization in Community Health; and MSW@Baylor, an online Master of Social Work (MSW).